Flour-Dusted Justice
Father Gregory Boyle didn't march into East Los Angeles with a megaphone. He opened a bakery. For over thirty years now, Homeboy Industries has quietly...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 42:1-9.
Father Gregory Boyle didn't march into East Los Angeles with a megaphone. He opened a bakery. For over thirty years now, Homeboy Industries has quietly employed former gang members — people the justice system wrote off long ago, people whose lives looked like bruised reeds bent nearly to breaking. The streets expected force. Boyle offered flour-dusted aprons and a steady paycheck.…
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